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HANSARDPublic Service: Ethics and IntegrityOn 21 July 2025 the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster laid out the Government’s plans to put ethics and integrity at the heart of the Government’s approach to public service.…13 Oct 2025HANSARDInfected Blood Compensation Scheme Technical Expert GroupOn 21 July, I updated the House that the Government would be bringing forward further regulations to respond to the recommendations of the Infected Blood Inquiry’s additional…15 Sept 2025HANSARD Windsor Framework: Internal Market GuaranteeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, I think for the first time, Dr Allin-Khan. I congratulate the hon. and learned Member for North Antrim (Jim Allister) on…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Windsor Framework: Internal Market GuaranteeI will certainly be visiting Northern Ireland again. However, on the diversion of trade, that is precisely what the independent monitoring panel is currently looking at. The panel…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Windsor Framework: Internal Market GuaranteeI have only about seven minutes left. I will give way to both Members, but I will have to do so quickly.10 Sept 2025HANSARD Windsor Framework: Internal Market GuaranteeI would certainly be interested in learning more about that specific case. If the hon. Gentleman wants to write to me about it, I will happily look into it.10 Sept 2025HANSARD Windsor Framework: Internal Market GuaranteeQuite simply it is because, to secure further agreements, the United Kingdom has to show good faith with the agreements it has already signed. The Windsor framework had…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Windsor Framework: Internal Market GuaranteeThe four businesses I have just quoted evidently do not agree with the hon. and learned Gentleman. He and I both want to see an economically successful and prosperous Northern…10 Sept 2025HANSARDCovid-19 Inquiry Response CostsThe covid-19 pandemic impacted each and every person in the UK. The work of the UK covid-19 inquiry is crucial in examining the UK’s response to and impact of the covid-19…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThis House sent the second Chamber a Bill that had a simple and direct objective outlined in this Government’s manifesto, but I have to report to the House that something very…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThere will be the usual periods in this Parliament when there will be an opportunity, and I repeat that there is no barrier to someone who serves as a hereditary peer being…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI beg to move, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 1.04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Whether we go back to 1924 or even further back—and I will during my speech—we find Conservatives in this House protecting their friends born…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillAs the Leader of the House of Lords has set out in the other place, immediately this Bill is on the statute book a Select Committee will be created to look at those issues of…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillIt is great to see that the hon. Gentleman is disappointed that House of Lords reform is not going far enough. If he wants to talk about the 20th century and the length of time…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThe word “confused” sums up the Opposition, whether on this Bill or any other.04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillThe right hon. Gentleman always makes an individual contribution, to his great credit, not only in this debate but in others. I will not be drawn on numbers, which are always a…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. She speaks powerfully about her constituents, and I want my constituents in Blaenavon, Pontypool and Cwmbran to be able to aspire to be Members…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy hon. Friend is right. One would think that the 1924 debate about bloodlines and pedigree as a basis for participation would no longer have any advocates, but it appears that a…04 Sept 2025HANSARD House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillI will give way to hear from one of the 2025 ditchers.04 Sept 2025